The Alpha's Slave Mate

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Daphne's Point of View

I was wrong to think that my life could not get any busier. The last four days I feel like I have been running a marathon. The day after we decided to have the mating ceremony this weekend, Hannah has dragged me everywhere shopping for the event. I never realized that there was so much to do for a mating ceremony, but Hannah explained that it was similar to a human wedding. Evidently, we needed music, dancing, food, and of course a killer dress. 

At least with Hannah helping with all the preparations I have been able to learn more about the mating ceremony. The only part that Iam worried about is the vows during the binding. 

Werewolves cite vows pledging to stay loyal to their mate while an elder binds them under the moon. It is supposed to pay homage to the Moon Goddess that created us.

The legend goes that the Moon Goddess fell in love with a mortal man. He proclaimed that he loved her as well. As time went on the man aged, but the Mood Goddess lives forever so she went in search of a way to help him stay young, so that they could spend eternity together. The Moon Goddess was so in love that she went to the Great Creator and asked him to turn her love immortal. The Great Creator questioned if the mortal man really loved the Moon Goddess, or if he just loved the things that she could provide for him. The Great Creator made a deal with the Moon Goddess, he would give her an elixir that would make her love live for eternity. This elixir would make it so that she could spend eternity with her love. There was a catch though, if the man were unfaithful or betrayed the Goddess, he would lose his immortality, and suffer a curse. The other stipulation is that the Moon Goddess could never tell the man about the conditions of the elixir. The Moon Goddess was so sure of the man’s love that she felt confident enough to agree to the terms. For along time after the man drank the elixir, he and the Moon Goddess lived happily.

The man marveled at his young face, and muscled body and rejoiced in the fact that he did not age. The man was vain, and it would be his undoing. As time stretched on the man became bored with the Moon Goddess. He forgot that his own immortality came from her. He soon became enamored with a human female, showing her the affection that he once held for the Moon Goddess. Eventually he convinced the human to lay with him in carnal pleasure, releasing the curse of the elixir. The man turned into a wolf, and it devastated the Moon Goddess.

asked why the man turned into a wolf. The Great Creator reminded her that she was a Goddess and should be celebrated, loved, and held in the highest esteem of all men; therefore he turned her love into a wolf so that he would always howl and give

him that she had made a mistake in asking for the man to be made immortal. She told him that she could no longer bear to see the man’s pain. The Great Creator was surprised

in awe of the Moon Goddess ability to

her wish, instead he agreed to make the man the first shifter in existence. He told the Moon Goddess that now she can talk to the

not trust him again. Instead she did create him a mate, someone that could handle his vanity, and help

it is a horrible pain, a reminder

celebrate her with love and loyalty that is why we live longer than humans. Our homage of loyalty and vowing before her is exalting her kindness through love,

memorized this story since Hannah told it to me. The elder that binds Caleb and I will be telling the story as we make vows to not betray the other, to be loyal, and to place our mate first in our lives. It is the most important part of the whole ceremony, and Iam terrified that lam somehow going to mess it up. It does not help my anxiety that I know that we will be reciting these vows not only in front of our pack, but most of Caleb's allies, the neighboring packs and whoever else he chooses to invite. To say that it is a

we are in the third shop that Hannah has

pulling all kinds of different dresses from racks and handing them to a middle-aged woman, that seems more than happy

that I detested immediately. The second shop was better, but their selection was small, and I did not find anything that felt right. 1 am hoping that we find the dress here, I hate

me to try